Road
Making Automated Vehicles Work for Better Transport Services: Regulating for Impact
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
25 June 2023
- Recognise new legal actors and responsibilities as part of the introduction of automated transport services.
- Extend the Safe System approach to automated vehicles.
- Invest in supporting infrastructure for AV-based transport services.
- Plan a long-term pathway for the transition towards AV-based transport services.
- Co-ordinate the roles of each level of government in regulating AV-based transport services.
- Share data to ensure integrated transport services but protect passenger data against misuse.
Decarbonisation and the Pricing of Road Transport
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
20 June 2023
- Reform fuel taxes
- Supplement fuel taxes with distance-based charges
- Consider opt-in arrangements for the introduction of new distance-based charges
- Introduce congestion charges where required
- Consider earmarking congestion charging revenues for improving public transport and active mobility
- Set the level of road-user charges to meet sustainable transport objectives
- Make introducing differentiated distance-based charges a policy priority
- Reform incentives for the uptake of electric vehicles to better align with policy goals
Carbon pricing: Will maritime emissions increase as ships avoid ports within a carbon trading scheme?
Media Release,
24 May 2023
Cutting transport CO2 now reduces investment needs for core infrastructure
Media Release,
23 May 2023
ITF Transport Outlook 2023
Transport Outlook, Policy Insights,
23 May 2023
- Develop comprehensive strategies for future mobility and infrastructure
- Accelerate the transition to clean vehicle fleets
- Implement mode shift and demand-management policies where they are most effective
- Consider the additional benefits for urban areas when evaluating policies
- Reform vehicle taxation to capture external costs of new vehicle fleets
Regulating App-based Mobility: Case Studies from Phnom Penh, Bangkok and Manila
Project,
14 May 2023
Measuring New Mobility: Definitions, Indicators, Data Collection
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
8 May 2023
- Apply a comprehensive classification of New Mobility services and vehicles.
- Identify relevant performance indicators for New Mobility services and use them to set and monitor policy.
- Adopt a consistent reporting framework for data on New Mobility services.
Preparing Infrastructure for Automated Vehicles
Research Report, Policy Insights,
3 May 2023
- Policy makers need new skills and partners to optimise the function and benefits of automated vehicles on their roads
- Automated vehicles will use existing roads in the near term, and are supported by good maintenance to a defined standard
- Developing “invisible infrastructures” offers greater opportunities for near-term benefits than upgrades to physical infrastructure
- A blueprint for co-operation can help traffic managers maximise the benefit of introducing automated vehicles as part of a wider transport network
- Standardised testing procedures across jurisdictions can accelerate the spread of automated vehicles
- Traffic laws and behavioural norms must be ready for automated vehicles
- There needs to be clear and coherent responsibility for ensuring automated vehicles work within a Safe System
- Developers and policy makers should co-operate on a research programme focused on key issues related to automated vehicles
Mix and MaaS: Data Architecture for Mobility as a Service
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
25 April 2023
- Think of mobility data as infrastructure.
- Develop a cross-sectoral vision for data governance.
- Establish minimum data sharing requirements for actors in MaaS ecosystems.
- Link data sharing requirements and incentives to licencing.
- Public authorities should provide essential data sharing functionalities.
- Improve data skills and digital management capacity within public administration.
Regulating App-based Mobility Services in ASEAN
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
23 April 2023
- Welcome app-based mobility but adjust regulation as necessary.
- Treat incumbents and entrants equally.
- Revise outdated and fragmented regulatory frameworks.
- Focus regulation on addressing clearly-identified market failures.
- Take the broader urban policy environment into account when designing regulations.
- Improve public authority digital skills and access to data.
- Streamline the regulatory framework for app-based mobility services.
- Monitor and enforce regulations.
- Build regulatory capacity within ASEAN member states.
ITF holds second High-level Dialogue on Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean
Media Release,
16 April 2023
ITF Secretary-General visits Mongolia to present urban mobility study for Ulanbaatar
Media Release,
20 March 2023
How Improving Public Transport and Shared Mobility Can Reduce Urban Passenger Emissions
Case-Specific Policy Analysis,
7 March 2023
Shaping Post-Covid Mobility in Cities
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
27 February 2023
- Replace “predict and provide” transport planning with a “decide and provide” approach.
- Use Covid-19 recovery to improve the physical and virtual accessibility of services and opportunities.
- Accelerate the reallocation of city space from cars to people.
- Decentralise and diversify transport services to cater for varying travel purposes and users.
- Empower local authorities with adequate funds and decision-making power to address post-pandemic transport challenges.
The Potential of E-fuels to Decarbonise Ships and Aircraft
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
23 January 2023
- Introduce carbon pricing for shipping and aviation.
- Scale up the production of low-carbon e-fuel through targeted policies.
- Accelerate the deployment of electrolyser and renewable electricity generation capacity.
- Regulate the lifecycle emissions intensity of e-fuels, including non-CO2 emissions.
Foro Internacional de Transportes anuncia fortalecimiento de relaciones con el Gobierno de Costa Rica
Media Release,
13 January 2023
Foro Internacional del Transporte anuncia apoyo para fortalecer el sector transporte de Colombia
Media Release,
11 January 2023